‘Magnum PI’ Ferrari and ‘Back To The Future’ Delorean beaten by Toyotas
Here at Cars + Movies, we’re quite fond of Adam Carolla’s “The Car Show” on Speed TV. Fun cast, cool cars and overall pretty well done. It’s not Top Gear, but they’re finding a good pace and tone. In episode 8, they pitched Magnum PI’s 308 GTS Ferrari against… a V6 Toyota Camry and the Back To The Future DMC Delorean against a, oh man… a Toyota Sienna. So… a Ferrari against the most vanilla car on the road today and... Read More
Sunday Ads special Super Bowl 2010: Bridgestone ‘Your Tires or your life’
We thought the Bridgestone commcial for the big game was okay, just not as fun as the fantastic “screaming squirrel” from last year. But it looked oddly familiar : the 80′s sci-fi look, the young couple being stopped by a bunch of thugs at night on a deserted road, the challenge “your… or your girl”… It’s the intro scene of The Wraith! No PPG/Dodge “Turbo Interceptor” MS4 here, but a mashup of parts and pipes that reminds... Read More
Poll: what’s next on CARS+ MOVIES. Results!
The results from the poll are here and it’s a tie for the Batmobile and Christine, with 33% of the votes. 33% Batmobile (movies and TV shows) 33% Christine (Plymouth Fury) 25% DeLorean (Back to the Future trilogy) 8% The Fast and Furious vehicles So what are we going to feature next. Well, both! We’ll start with the Batmobile and it’s history -the voters on SodaHead often precised they liked the old one better, but we’ll cover all the main ones (not... Read More
For 2007, the National Film Registry selects Back to the Future, Bullitt
digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/25/for-2007-the-national-film-registry-selects-back-to-the-future-bullitt/\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; On December 27th 2007, the Library of Congress National Film Registry announced the 25 movies to be added to its collection for the year. Once again, this website didn’t exist at that time, so it’s no prime news, but it’s important enough to tell you all about it. Get the press release and watch the trailers... Read More
Poll: what’s next?
Well… you tell us! The answer that will get the most votes will get a full article with pics and videos. So if your favorite is one of these, you know what to do. And to make it easier, we will leave the poll in the sidebar too. Results in two weeks, on February 7th. Poll Answers Read More
